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Gabriel Akali, 33, quit his job at a horticulture farm in 2016 to venture into farming in Kakamega County.
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The government has urged banana and broccoli farmers to tap into the South Korea export market.
Professor Theophilus Mutie, Managing Director at the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (Kephis) encouraged especially the youth and women to capitalise on the market for unripe bananas and broccoli from Kenya.
“We wish to encourage the youth, women and farmers to increase volumes of unripe banana and broccoli to South Korea as the market for these commodities is open,” said Prof Mutie.
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The government started initiating a bilateral agreement with the Asia giant in 2015 with a view of giving fresh produce from Kenya access to South Korea market.
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